Nigel Stansfield is Senior Vice President of Product and Innovation at Interface in Europe, a division of the US-based Interface Inc. and worldwide leader in the design and production of high-quality, innovative modular floor coverings and widely recognised as an environmental pioneer.
With over 25 years’ experience as a textile technologist, Nigel is an expert in yarn, carpet and fabric manufacture.
Inspired by Interface's environmental mission – and in particular sustainable product development – in 2001 Nigel moved into research and development.
Nigel qualified in 1988 at Bradford College while working for Firth Carpets Ltd as a textile technologist. After Interface’s acquisition of Firth Carpets in 1997, Nigel became part of a global project team. For the next two years he worked across seven manufacturing plants located on three continents, designing and implementing MRP software systems, before returning to Europe as Operations Director.
Nigel went on to complete a degree in Marketing in 2004 before joining the European Executive Team with overall responsibility for Product, Design and Innovation, enabling him to make full use of his background and expertise to take the company to the 21st century and beyond. Nigel regularly speaks on a variety of subjects including Biomimicry and how Interface uses it to influence product design.
Nigel lives in Yorkshire with his partner and son, and in his spare time enjoys gardening, walking and sports.
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Nigel Stansfield
“To truly embrace sustainable development, companies must be open to every possibility; this is not just in terms of the types of products they bring to market, but also the processes and raw materials used in their manufacture, the way customers respond to them and ultimately what happens at the end of life when consumers have finished with them.”
Nigel Stansfield
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